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Five Guys is Growing Fast: 792%

Five Guys serves up competition in America's $40 billion burger industry.

BROOMALL–The location in the is among 1,039 stores in the US and Canada, according to Forbes. The 1991 Sproul Road location opened three years ago. 

Five Guys, which is named after founder Jerry Murrell's five sons, has grown 792 percent since 2006 according to Technomic, a food industry research group based in Chicago. 

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20 percent of the company is owned by Miller Investment Management of Philadelphia. 

The number of Five Guys stores has doubled since 2009, according to Forbes.

The entire chain, including company owned and franchise locations, will exceed $1 billion in revenue this year

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